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• Coles still chasing rewards for loyalty.

  - 2003-07-01

  Jul 01, 2003 (Herald Sun - ABIX via COMTEX) Coles Myer has decided to maintain discounts for card holders at its stores. Coles CEO, John Fletcher, said no further cuts to the shareholder discount card would be made until a new loyalty program was ...

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• Whole new board game for Coles.

  - 2003-06-25

  Jun 25, 2003 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) Major shareholder Solomon Lew has criticised the composition of the Coles Myer board. The appointment of four new directors, including former Goodman Fielder chairman Keith Barton, has been described by Lew as a "boys' club"....

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• $100-billion wipeout.

  - 2003-04-24

  Apr 24, 2003 (BRW - ABIX via COMTEX) A key finding of the interim results of Australia's 500-biggest listed companies is that shareholder wealth disappeared. Significant declines included News Corporation, AMP Limited, Commonwealth Bank, the National Australia Bank, Telstra, BHP Billiton, Brambles, CSL,...

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• Coles could divest in 12 months.

  - 2002-06-05

  Jun 05, 2002 The Australian Financial Review ABIX via COMTEX -- Under-performing Australian retailer, Coles Myer, could offload its lagging Myer-Grace Bros chain as early as mid-2003. This is the view of analysts summarising a briefing by Coles CEO, John Fletcher, to a UBS...

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• Coles kicks a big conversion for shareholders.

  - 2002-04-12

  Apr 12, 2002 The Australian ABIX via COMTEX -- Shares in Coles Myer are expected to rise on 15 April 2002. This follows the conversion of the retailer's discount card share, in which 291 million discount card shares reverted to ordinary shares on 12...

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• AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 27, 2002.

  - 2002-03-27

  SYDNEY, March 27 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER: - Commander of the HMAS Adelaide Norman Banks tells a Senate inquiry he told asylum seekers to jump overboard after their boat started sinking - ACCC says insurance companies...

  Tags: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Coles Myer, FINANCE, Government, Insurance, shareholder

• AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPER HIGHLIGHTS - MARCH 25, 2002.

  - 2002-03-25

  SYDNEY, March 25 Asia Pulse - Highlights of today's newspapers: THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: - NSW faces a police shortage as record numbers of officers are on sick leave; the Oscar award ceremony is on today in Los Angeles with 13 Australians nominated. ...

  Tags: Australia, ceremony, Coles Myer, FINANCE, Government, Qantas Airways Ltd., shareholder, SOFTWARE

• When companies incur the wrath of angry shareholders.

  - 2001-10-19

  Oct 20, 2001 (The Courier-Mail ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian companies will feel the heat from shareholders when they hold their next annual meetings. The Australian Shareholders' Association has warned telecommunications group Telstra and retail giant Coles Myer that they will face a number...

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